Apps for a better life

TRIPIT: TRAVEL PLANNER

Tripit is an amazing software tool for any business person who travels for business or leisure. It provides a single view of airline and train reservations alongside hotels and other useful information. It automatically scans your email inbox and adds relevant travel information. The pro version also has an enhanced feature set which makes it incredible value for money. If you are planning a post pandemic holiday, TripIt is a handy app that holds all of your travel information in one place, including your itinerary, hotel bookings and plane tickets. It’s $77.99 per year.

FUEL MAP AUSTRALIA

Track the prices of fuel all over Australia and find the cheapest petrol near you. This app shows real-time fuel prices for WA, NSW and QLD for both today and tomorrow (tomorrow’s prices available after 3pm). The app also comes with a fuel log tool that allows you to keep track of your fuel purchases and your vehicle’s fuel economy. Bonus - this app is free!

CALM: SLEEP AND MEDITATION

Calm is the self proclaimed #1 app for sleep and meditation. Although already very popular, many people are still sceptical and haven’t yet given Calm a go. If you struggle with anxiety, getting to sleep or staying asleep, take this as your final push! The Calm app features guided meditations with lengths ranging from 3 to 25 minutes as well as a variety of calming sounds that can help put you to sleep. The app offers a 7 day free trial and then it costs $23.49 per month or $79.99 per year.

BRAIN GAINS

Want to test your brain? The Brain Gains app has a wide range of crosswords, quizzes and sudoku puzzles that you can solve. With 15 new games everyday, it’s bound to keep you entertained and your brain busy. The app comes with a 30-day free trial and then you can choose from $7.49 per month or $59.99 per year.

KRUNK

KRUNK makes it easier to connect with likeminded people by location, activity, and interest in real-time. When you sign up to the app, you choose at least five activities that interest you and set your location. From there KRUNK will recommend people for you to connect with. KRUNK has a Groups function where runners, cyclists, and hikers, for example, can create their own group and users can search that group by location, activity, interest. krunk.com.

BRING! SHOPPING LIST AND RECIPES

Cookmate is arguably the best individual cookbook app on mobile. A lot of people have a lot of dietary wants and special needs so the use of a personal cookbook app benefits a lot of people. This one is particularly nice to use. You can create custom recipes from scratch, complete with instructions and an ingredients list. Additionally, you can import recipes from virtually any website for use at any time.

VISITED

Want to keep track of all the countries you’ve visited? This app is for you. The Visited app allows you to record all the countries you’ve been to as well as add countries to your “want to visit” list. Your visited countries show up as blue on a world map, while want to visit are red. The basic version is free but if you want to unlock the version that allows you to select the individual cities you’ve been to, it costs $7.99.

CO-STAR

If you’re interested in star signs and astrology, chances are, you have already heard of Co-Star, but if you haven’t, this one’s for you! This app offers a personalised chart based on various details such as your date of birth, place of birth and time of birth. Even if you don’t believe in astrology, the personalised chart can be interesting to read and discuss with friends. The basic version of this app is free but you have to pay extra to unlock additional charts.